PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Bower, C., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B., Pritulsky, C., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Enhancing spatial skills of preschoolers from under-resourced backgrounds: A comparison of digital app vs. concrete materials. Developmental Science doi: 10.1111/desc.13148

Speidel, R., Zimmermann, L., Green, L., Brito, N., Subiaul, F, & Barr, R. (2020). Optimizing Imitation: Examining cognitive factors leading to imitation, overimitation, and efficiency in preschoolers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105036

Zimmermann, L., Frank, H., Subiaul, F., & Barr, R. (2020). Applying Computational Modeling to Assess Age-, Sex-, and Strategy-related Differences in Spin the Pots, a Working Memory Task for 2- to 4-year-olds. Developmental Psychobiology. doi: 10.1002/dev.22016

Bower, C., Foster, L., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B., Marzouk, M., Islam, S., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Three-year-olds’ spatial language comprehension and links with mathematics and spatial performance. Developmental Psychology. doi 10.1037/dev0001098

Dore, R. & Zimmermann, L. (2020). Coviewing, Scaffolding, and Children’s Media Comprehension. International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. doi: 10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0233

Bower, C., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B., Toub, T.S., Islam, S., Foster, L., Evans, N., Odean, R., Cibischino, A., Pritulsky, C., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R.M. (2020). Piecing together the role of a spatial assembly intervention in preschoolers’ spatial and mathematics learning: Influences of gesture, spatial language, and socioeconomic status. Developmental Psychology. 56(4), 686. doi: 10.1037/dev0000899

Subiaul, F., Patterson, E. M., Zimmermann, L., & Barr, R. (2019). Only domain-specific imitation practice makes imitation perfect. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 177, 248-264. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.07.004

Verdine, B., Zimmermann, L., Foster, L., Marzouk, M. A., Golinkoff, R. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Newcombe, N. (2019). Effects of geometric toy design on parent-child interactions and spatial language. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 46, 126-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.03.015

Zimmermann, L., Foster, L., Golinkoff, R. M., Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2018). Spatial Thinking and STEM: How Playing with Blocks Supports Early Math. American Educator. 42 (4), 22-27.

Bower, C., Zimmermann, L., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2018). Blocking out time for blocks: Increasing STEM skills through playful learning. AfterSchool Today, 9, 24.

Dore, R., Shirilla, M., Verdine, B., Zimmermann, L., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2018). Developer meets developmentalist: Improving industry-research partnerships in children’s technology. Journal of Children and Media, doi: 10.1080/17482798.2018.1450086

Zimmermann, L., Moser, A., Lee, H., Gerhardstein, P., & Barr, R. (2017). The ghost in the touchscreen: Social scaffolds promote learning by toddlers. Child Development, doi: 10.1111/cdev.12683

Hipp, D., Gerhardstein, P., Zimmermann, L., Moser, A., Taylor, G., & Barr, R. (2017). The dimensional divide: Learning from TV and touchscreens during early childhood. Media exposure during infancy and early childhood: the effect of content and context on learning and development (pp. 33-54). Springer International Publishing. 

Barr, R., Moser, A., Rusnak, S., Zimmermann, L., Dickerson, K., Lee, H., & Gerhardstein, P. (2016). The impact of memory load and perceptual cues on learning by 2-year-olds. Developmental Psychobiology, 58: 817–828, doi:10.1002/dev.21450

Zimmermann, L., Moser, A., Grenell, A., Dickerson, K., Yao, Q., Gerhardstein, P., & Barr, R. (2015). Do semantic contextual cues facilitate transfer learning from video in toddlers? Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 561, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00561

Moser, A., Zimmermann, L., Dickerson, K., Grenell, A., Barr, R., & Gerhardstein, P. (2015). They can interact but can they learn? Toddlers’ transfer learning from touchscreens and television. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 137, 137-155, doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.04.002

Subiaul, F., Zimmermann, L., Renner, E., Schilder, B., & Barr, R. (2015). Defining elemental imitation mechanisms: A comparison of cognitive and motor-spatial imitation learning across object- and computer-based tasks. Journal of Cognition and Development, 17(2), 221-243, doi: 10.1080/15248372.1053483